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Comment This reason I copy now (Score 0) 333

by topkilz on Friday July 13, 2007 @03:19PM (#19852083) Attached to: Fewer People Copy DVDs Than Once Thought

I posted earlier about copying DVD's, but the main reason I do it now is because of all the DRM they are incorporating onto the media now. For instance, my kids like to watch movies, but since I do not care for most of their shows, I have them watch their movies in another room (on the crappy DVD player). I have since discovered that copying the DVD fixes ALL the problems of prohibitive to the point of defective DRM on DVD's. Disney is the worst. It was tragic when my daughter could not watch CINDERELLA 3 of ALL movies. She even begged me to fix the movie so she could watch it. Imagine me putting Cinderella 3 or Bridge to Tarabithia on my 50" Pioneer plasma (OH THE HUMANITY). Like anybody would want to rip crappy kiddie cartoons (oh, I guess I do for the kiddies).

Intel vs. AMD - Today's Generation Compared 150

Posted by Zonk on Friday March 23, 2007 @10:12AM from the who-doesn't-like-a-good-chip-comparison dept.

Bender writes "The Tech Report compares 15 Core 2 and Athlon 64 processors from Intel and AMD — from sub-$200 to a cool grand, from slower dual cores to fast quad cores — in 32 & 64-bit apps in Windows Vista, including the new, multithreaded RTS game Supreme Commander. 'The release of Windows Vista and a round of price cuts by AMD prompted us to hatch a devious plan involving Vista, a new test suite full of multithreaded and 64-bit applications, fifteen different CPU configurations, and countless hours of lab testing. That plan has come to fruition in the form of a broad-based comparison of the latest processors from AMD and Intel... from the lowly Athlon 64 X2 4400+ and Core 2 Duo E6300 to the astounding Athlon 64 FX-74 and Core 2 Extreme QX6700.' Folding@Home in Linux, power use, and energy efficiency are tested, too."

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